47. Policy issues are important and better policies can contribute to meeting African governments' objectives, whether these be simply increased livestock output or something else. Better policies can be introduced by concentrating on the issues of highest priority and by designing better policies to deal with these issues. Better policies can often be designed by drawing on experience from other countries, and research can be helpful in drawing the right lessons from this experience. A necessary condition for identifying the key issues and for designing better policies to deal with them is the existence of a proper process for policy formulation.
